And it begins against perhaps the best pitcher in baseball. In 16 of his 18 starts, Duchscherer has allowed two or fewer earned runs (on May 24, he threw a 8-1-0-0-4 line at the Red Sox).

Duchscherer leads the major league in ERA, WHIP (0.94, one of only two starters under 1.00), fewest hits allowed per 9 IP (6.96), lowest opponents average (.199) and lowest opponents slugging percentage (.309). He is a close second among MLB starters in lowest opponents on-base percentage (.255, with Dan Haren at .253).

In the six games of this homestand, the Sox are 1-5 with a .240/.303/.375 batting line. In the 12 games since the All-Star Game, they are hitting .241/.330/.360 and have slipped from .5 GA to 3 GB.

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The difference is negligible I think. Throw in Bay's speed and intelligence on the basepaths and I think he's a damn good replacement in terms of the numbers. If the rest of the team was annoyed by Manny, hopefully now that this is done they'll be able to focus on playing the game and winning some ballgames.

fuck, im prolly not going to be able to watch it on nesn, as direct-tv blacksout other red sox programming. right now for the next couple of hours its "red sox classics" and they always get blacked out. sucks, looks like i'll have to listen on weei.com (ugh)

yeah, becuase i live in NY, most programming that has to do with RED SOX games that inst carried by direct tv gets blacked out. so even if its a red sox classic, or a replay of the game, i cant see it.

i can see red sox report, pregame, etc. right now its red sox classic, and its blacked out. doesnt maine have nesn? so you should get it regardless...

how does slingbox work around the blackout? doesnt it just link direct to yr tv? if you kived in NY you'd be wathcing a black screen via yr slingbox, no?

I live in Canada. My mom lives in Maine, and my Dad prefers US TV to Canada for whatever reason. Due to the unreliability of stealing satellite signals, we got a DirecTV subscription and used my Mom's Maine address for the subscription so I can watch NESN.

Right now, I'm not living at home where the DirecTV is cause I'm up at university - so I got myself a slingbox. Basically you put the video out from the satellite into the slingbox and hook the slingbox up to your internet router. Then you download the slingplayer and can log in and watch the slingbox from anywhere.

Ahh, thats what I figured. I'm happy with it, a very idiot-proof machine.

She's up in Searsport (assuming you know where that is...populations like 2500 or something.) - beside Belfast.

Nice scenic area, I guess the whole state is basically, a lot of fat people though, and poor. Apparently it's one of the poorest counties (Waldo)...I dunno, she spends a lot of her time in Miami for work (about 1/2 of 2007) and they're considering moving there once her husband finishes his MBA (he was laid off a couple years ago due to outsourcing, so the state has some program where they pay for you to upgrade your skills to get another job)

Yeh Maine gets NESN but I have no way of getting NESN in Canada besides illegally subscribing or pirating DirecTV or Dish Net...which is why I subscribed to Direct in Maine, in order to avoid the blackouts.

I also have a mailbox in Niagara Falls, NY - which is actually how I initially subscribed to DirecTV.

The first night when I found out about this MLB blackout shit, I had to call DirecTV to tell them I was moving :P (after being subscribed for like a day) That was a fun one. They wanted to come install a new dish on the house and everything. Oh, and I can't call DirecTV from Canada so I had to download some sort of internet phone thingy and use that to call. Oh, and I didn't have a mic for my computer so I had to use a pair of headphones to speak into.

So if anyone ever questions my fandom of this team - blow it out your ass!

"Very reminiscent of 2004 with three teams involved - four involved in 2004. 3:59:59 to a certain extent. Crazy day, lots of doubt. This didn't truly get resusitated until a couple of minutes before the deadline.

"I don't think it's important how we feel. What matters ultimately is winning, and winning the right way. SO, I felt it was important to gauge what was real and what was imagined. It's undeniable that we were - there was an environment not conducive to winning in this club. We also wanted to make a good baseball trade, for now and for the future, and I hope we were able to accomplish that."

last night listening to the overnight on ESPN radio. the guy hosting was describing the red sox now as Theo being darth vader (ruthless), and all the players being the storm troopers, all in a line, not saying anything and doing their job in fear.

Tim, I'm still sore. I didn't wake up more sore than I was last night, but I'm still sore on my left side. I did NOT have a nice time seeing the car, especially with it sitting with other crashed cars.

It pisses me off because right now, I'm having a hard time leaving home and feeling relatively safe about it.

And to answer l-girl's post from that thread, no drinking involved. The worst part about it was that I was actually trying to set an example for the passenger in the car by not drinking, as he's driven drunk before.

Batting Bay 5th is a good move - let's see how Kid Canada does there before we put him in Manny's spot. Batting Drew 6th makes me sad, though. Of course, Tito wouldn't bat Drew 3rd over Ortiz in a billion years.

Kudos to redsock for making it to the Guardian! Best source of US news there is. No surprise that it's not American. Their soccer stuff is a joy to read, as well.

Cock. August concert weekend that I won't be home is the same weekend Sox are in Toronto. Ratdog/Allman Brothers in Canandaigua, NY. Maybe I can make it back for the Sunday game...if they play like they normally do in T.O....well then fuck it.

Kay, however, I'm not surprised. That man doesn't have a generous or good-hearted bone in his body. He is so full of loathing and contempt for the game and the people he covers. It just oozes from him.

I need a ride to the Manchester airport a week from tomorrow at 3am. I don't have any friends around here that have legal cars.

LMAO. I would have really considered it if I hadn't just gotten kicked in the side by a one ton pickup truck. At this point, though, I'm sad to say it's quite a long shot. I'd say there's a 5% chance I'd be able to do it.

(btw, I'm another mostly-lurker drawn out of the shadows by the Manny deal... although I didn't post last night it was great reading everyone's comments - especially the Redsock/L-girl duet on the merits of Manny. Congrats on the Guardian link, that is both awesome and well-deserved.)

i love this whole "its definitely time to move on from manny ramirez" slogan thats being said about every 10 seconds...but they aren't moving on! its all they're talking about! guess who's moved on, manny!